Can anyone point me toward custom mtd for the Desire S. I used to have it on my old Desire so I know what I'm doing, I just need the the patches. I'm now running AOSP and I have half a gig almost of System unused.
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im hoping to generate a consensus from this post. i see some ppl like to sbf before each new rom install and other not. is it necessary and why>?
From my understanding of the ROM development for the android platforms that still have to have proprietary frameworks, ie: Motoblur (droid2/X) and Touch Wiz (Galaxy S) you are not wiping and installing a whole new operating system like you do when you flash a HTC phone. So youre really just adding onto what you already have as a base. So it would be like taking a car and taking out stock parts and swapping for performance parts like exhaust, intake, etc.
This is just my understanding, it could be wrong. But my opinion and preference is when you change development teams like team defuse to say Jrummy16 roms, I like to SBF to stock to have a clean base. Sure its a PITA, but it keeps things from going horribly wrong.
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im hoping to generate a consensus from this post. i see some ppl like to sbf before each new rom install and other not. is it necessary and why>?
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SBFing before installing a new ROM is something I would recommend. I have had slight problems such as the clock keeping the color from the ROM before it, and just minor stuff like that. I really don't think its needed but I would say if you plan on keeping the new ROM for a long amount of time it would be better to SBF first just so you know that everything is going to be okay.
I would also advice to sbf back to stock, reroot and then insstall the new custom rom you want to run.
the only reason is since the roms are all diffrent then one another and have to generall base (besides stock) then flashing (sbf) to stock is a good idea to have the rom running at the fastest most stable potential.
Hi,
I have Googled around quite a bit and have attained enough knowledge to be able to run custom ROMs on my HTC Desire. Presently, I am running the Desire with S-OFF and the Sense partition image.
Here's the issue I am facing. My phone only seems to be able to run Cyanogenmod (any version) or MIUIROM (any version). Apart from these two ROMs, it's not able to get anything to work. Other ROMs install well using Clockwordmod Recovery, but I can't get the phone to boot into the ROM. The only thing that shows during the boot is the "AlphaRev" bootscreen (The one with the Why So Serious joker image). I have read that ROMs take time to stabilize on first run and hence left the phone in the boot state for quite some time (once for almost 6 hours), but nothing happened. Any help at all would be appreciated. I really want to expand my boundaries beyond CM7 and MIUIROM. Please take time out to help this Android fan
Here's my config again:
1) HTC Desire Rooted
2) S-OFF using Alpha-Rev
3) 4 GB microSD with 1 GB ext. Rest is FAT
4) CM7RC4 or MIUIROM depending on my mood.
5) Clockworkmod Recovery 2.5.0.7
6) Sense image by AlphaRev
7) Data2Whatever 0.4d for managing ext
Regards
Abhigyan
Searched but couldn't find answer to my exact question. I've rooted/unlocked my Nexus S but I haven't yet flashed a custom ROM. I've downloaded a few possibilities though
However, let's say I decide to stay on stock, the next update that comes out 2.3.5, can I just flash that like I used to before I flashed a new recovery (and renamed the original recovery file) or would I have to revert to the original recovery? If the latter, how would I do this?
---I'm finding fewer compelling reasons for custom ROMs on the great Nexus S, its stock after all! I have no reason to overclock and I'm not into custom themes. However, on my MT4G (Glacier) there were many compelling reasons to root and flash a custom ROM. I now have a close to stock experience, got rid of the bloatware, and I get 2 days of battery life with RoyalGinger 2.1.
Having said that, I'm still itching to flash a few different ROMs on the NS and compare. Why, because I can now.
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Searched but couldn't find answer to my exact question. I've rooted/unlocked my Nexus S but I haven't yet flashed a custom ROM. I've downloaded a few possibilities though
However, let's say I decide to stay on stock, the next update that comes out 2.3.5, can I just flash that like I used to before I flashed a new recovery (and renamed the original recovery file) or would I have to revert to the original recovery? If the latter, how would I do this?
---I'm finding fewer compelling reasons for custom ROMs on the great Nexus S, its stock after all! I have no reason to overclock and I'm not into custom themes. However, on my MT4G (Glacier) there were many compelling reasons to root and flash a custom ROM. I now have a close to stock experience, got rid of the bloatware, and I get 2 days of battery life with RoyalGinger 2.1.
Having said that, I'm still itching to flash a few different ROMs on the NS and compare. Why, because I can now.
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You can flash signed updates without any issue with CWM or the stock recovery.
However, if you flash a new kernel / boot partition the incremental updates will fail the assert checks. The same goes for themes / modified system files. If the update does an assert on those files to patch them it will fail and not flash.
If you are running a fully stock rom, unlocked with su added on though you won't have any troubles.
I too am using a mytouch 4G and thinking about getting the nexus s just looking at the roms and themes I had royal ginger 2.1 and the battery is amazing easily go 16 hours with heavy usage is there any roms here similar to that. Also I do not see any sense 3.0 like roms maybe I missed it but when you install a custom rom does the Nfc chip still work with out any problems even though I have not seen many places in N.Y.C using it or just maybe haven't noticed. *****Edit: sorry wrong side meant to post of Tmobile nexus s******
Hi
Bored of waiting for HTC to get the update out to me, so I've s-off'ed, installed Clockwork recovery. Also rooted it.
What I would like is an ICS rom that works. It must be fast, so JIT enabled (there is at least one where JIT doesn't work), I am not bothered one way or the other about sense. It doesn't seem to make much difference these days, there are apps that do everything it does. I use the camera, photos and film, wifi, phone, bluetooth, 3g, market, SD card, so all those things have to work. I'm a relative noob when it comes to installing roms, so something simple to install would be great
Can anyone suggest roms that meet those requirements, it's hard to tell from a 100+ page post on the forums here which bits do and don't work without spending hours trawling through them all.
Thanks
Endolf
I'm using Insert Coin and would recommend it as a first ICS rom. It uses aroma installer so you have your choice of several different options during install and won't need to flash anything extra other than the rom. I'd stay away from sense 4 roms as they still aren't perfected yet.
I'm assuming you've read the firmware update thread and that you know you need the newest firmware before trying to flash an ICS rom?
Are you looking for aosp or sense?
ICSensation 4G
Hi, didn't know I needed a firmware update, I'll have a hunt for the thread, thanks.
Endolf
Hi
Not fussed between AOSP or Sense, as long as it all works, everything sense can do can be got elsewhere.
Thanks
Endolf
I've been using HyperNonsense for about 2 weeks now and I absolutely love it. It's smooth, fast, and stable. And it's very lean. It's whole purpose is to be not much more than an operating system ready for you to customize it with the apps you want. Just about everything is removed from it (SMS, camera, calculator, etc) so you can put only the things you want on it later. This sounds like ti's up your alley. It's technically Sense, but there's no sense elements left in the UI.
Before that I was using Android Revolution HD. It's also very stable. You have the option of running it with or without Sense. (There's an extraction flashable zip that pulls most of the Sense components out of the ROM after you install it). This one comes a little more 'fully loaded' and is basically the stock ICS release with several tweaks to the code.
To use either of these ROM's properly though you need to ditch ClockworkMod Recovery and switch to 4EXT. (It's downlaodable from the market and will flash itself as your new recovery image. You won't need to push anything with ADB or anything from your computer) 4EXT allows you to make choices during the installations of ROMs. Many of the new ROMS require that.
I have been very happy with the new ARHD 6.6.3 version and using ROM Cleaner to get rid of the bloatware up front.
okay...my girlfriend has a nexus s4g its on ics..
whats the most stable rom/kernel combos?
ive seen alot of ics roms.. but i cant really decide on which i like best.. id like to try out all of them... but she would probably kill me if i had her phone for that long..
also i know when i unlock the bootloader it wipes everything... if i was to flash a different rom on the phone would it wipe the storage space too? or does it work like a sdcard in a normal phone when flashing a rom?
**if only my lg spectrum had this much developer support
First of all, if done properly, flashing a new rom will not disturb the contents of the memory card. As for which rom ... if she likes ICS and is used to a stock rom, then I would put Peter Alfonso's Bugless Beast on her Nexus 4g. I put one of Pete's roms on my wife's phone, and she loves it. It's stable and she is not fond of change. It is however, his final Gingerbread rom ... stable, quick, very stock-like, and good on battery. Be sure to do a little reading before launching into modifying. It might save you some frustration. Good luck!
Flashing a ROM should not impact the sdcard. However, unlocking the device will wipe the sdcard if I remember correctly. The issue with the Nexus S (either 3G or 4G), is that the 16GB storage is internal...no way to remove it unfortunately. Backup everything on your computer and you'll be fine.
As far as choosing a good ROM...mine is Cyanogenmod 9 Nightlies with Matr1x 19.5 CFS kernel. The Matr1x kernel makes all the difference if you want my honest opinion...it is very, very stable and there are load of features. Many people don't like CM9 because it is not released as stable yet...but it is very stable. I've been using it for daily use since March.
Try what the people ontop said. If you still dont really trust it (even though its true facts) just copy your sd card to your computer.. done.
Now if you want to go to a custom rom. I suggest CM9 and matrix v19.5 or v20. Its one of the best mixes out there to give performance and battery.